Re: Black Phlosgiston

In our last episode, Spike said:
>> 	Wouldn't a doubling of speed -- from SR 1 (17mph) to SR 2 (34mph)
>> -- halve the travel time -- from 5 months to 2.5 months?
>
>Not in my campaign. I've reason out in my own head that the gnomish
>engine, while being one of the few gnomish inventions that works on a
>regular basis, has a tendency to defeat itself when "supped-up".

	Good logic, but...

>Just think about a team of horses pulling a wagon. When two horses
>pull a wagon you get a pretty good top speed out of it. but when you
>add two more horses that top speed doesn't double, it just increases a
>little.

	...SR is speed, and doesn't change.  SR 2 is 34mph, and doesn't
change depending on engine type.  You should make that distinction clear
in your post, otherwise it causes confusion, as it did with me. :)

-Static

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